The Big Problem With Sports Games Nobody Fixes
XoneBros: Positive Xbox and Game Pass Community
Xonebros
4.8 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Episode #563: In this episode, we dig into the reality behind annual sports titles like Madden, FIFA, and NBA 2K. We explore the origins of the annual release model and how it became the default strategy for sports franchises. Whether you're a diehard sports gamer or someone who gave up years ago, this episode offers a fresh, honest look at the biggest problem in the sports gaming industry—and why it’s long past due for a change.
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| 0:23.6 | The The new. I'm I'm I'm |
| 0:38.3 | I'm |
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| 0:40.3 | I'm |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Welcome everyone to the X-1 Bros. |
| 1:08.9 | This is your positive game in an Xbox community. |
| 1:27.5 | It is good to be back. It has been a, it has been, it's been a week and a half. Well, it's actually only been one week. It just feels like a week and a half. It's the middle of summer. It's hot. It's hot. It's hot out there. It's way hot out there. I got to play college football, everybody. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.7 | This week I got college football 26. |
| 1:31.8 | And I do have to say, I got to give them props. |
| 1:34.1 | They've done a good job. |
| 1:35.5 | They have done a really good job. |
| 1:37.8 | Everything, this is my first impressions. |
| 1:40.2 | I think almost everything has improved. |
| 1:42.2 | It's little things in these iterative releases each year. |
| 1:47.8 | Like here's a little thing. |
| 1:49.2 | I do the road to college football playoffs or road to the playoffs. |
| 1:53.4 | It's an online mode. |
| 1:54.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:55.4 | And you have it's just it's their ladder. |
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